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mientras que la lider democrata nancy pelosi acuso a los republicanos de no aprobar propuestas de empleos de la casa blanca. desde washington, fernando pizarro. univision. .. las cortes en maryland comenzaron a emitir licencias de matrimonio a parejas del mismo sexo.. la ley entra en vigencia el primero de enero... lilian mass nos dice cuales son los requisitos...7 dn el estado de maryland empezaron a extender las licencias para aquellas personas del mismo sexo que quieran contraer matrimonio civil en este estado " el gobernador ha firmado una ley que permite que las personas del mismo sexo contraigan matrimonio a partir del primero de enero del 2013 la gente ya puede venir y aplicar para las licencias .." maria, quien asiste a los aplicantes asegura que aunque no han sido muchos, aquellos que se han presentado han expresado su felicidad .. " estÁn viniendo y estan muy contentos y contentas por los cambios que se estÁn haciendo y porque por fin va a realizar un sueÑo casarse .. un 52 % de lo votantes decidieran que la comunidad lgbt debe gozar de los mismos derechos que un matrimonio t
mientras que la lider democrata nancy pelosi acuso a los republicanos de no aprobar propuestas de empleos de la casa blanca. desde washington, fernando pizarro. univision. .. las cortes en maryland comenzaron a emitir licencias de matrimonio a parejas del mismo sexo.. la ley entra en vigencia el primero de enero... lilian mass nos dice cuales son los requisitos...7 dn el estado de maryland empezaron a extender las licencias para aquellas personas del mismo sexo que quieran contraer matrimonio...
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in 2007 nancy pelosi became the first female speaker of the house of representatives. it was a leadership position she earned in a hard-bought battle. in the summer of 2010 just before the democrats lost control of the house, pelosi took "to the contrary" mind the scenes for a look at her life and work. "to the contrary" spent a typically packed day with pelosi. the day began by calling the house in to session. >> house will be in order. >> followed by legislative votes and meetings. also on her agenda, pictures with interns in the hall. >> very good, thank you. [ applause ] more pictures. and book signing on the speaker's balcony. >> so proud of you -- >> grateful for your enthusiasm for being here. >> pelosi is no straik tore politics, washington d.c. or the new deal. her father was a new deal democrat, born nancy patricia delasandro she grew up in baltimore, maryland. only girl and youngest of six children. her father, thomas delasndro, ju baltimore for 12 years. after spending five terms in congress. >> you write in your book about being a little girl and coming he
in 2007 nancy pelosi became the first female speaker of the house of representatives. it was a leadership position she earned in a hard-bought battle. in the summer of 2010 just before the democrats lost control of the house, pelosi took "to the contrary" mind the scenes for a look at her life and work. "to the contrary" spent a typically packed day with pelosi. the day began by calling the house in to session. >> house will be in order. >> followed by...
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so has nancy pelosi, the democratic leader in the house. host: does the cola change depending on where you live in the country? guest: it is across the board for everyone. it is a percentage. it depends on how big your benefits are every year. you cited average numbers of about $1,200 a month for a retired worker. a lot of people get more and some get less. the dollar amount for your increase would change depending on that, but the percentage increase is the same a matter where you live in the country. host: we are talking about social security and how would factors into the so called "fiscal cliff." if you would like to join the conversation, here are the numbers to call -- we will get to the calls in a moment. we will hear what they think about social security being on the table. do you get the sense we will talk about this a lot in the next couple weeks or will this discussion, a lot more next year? guest: it's not clear whether they will be able to get social security part of the deal right now. the republicans have proposed it and the
so has nancy pelosi, the democratic leader in the house. host: does the cola change depending on where you live in the country? guest: it is across the board for everyone. it is a percentage. it depends on how big your benefits are every year. you cited average numbers of about $1,200 a month for a retired worker. a lot of people get more and some get less. the dollar amount for your increase would change depending on that, but the percentage increase is the same a matter where you live in the...
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gerri: o what you torespondto what nancy pelosi had tosay about hostage-ting today. pretty dramatic comments. th is nncy pelosi. >> the republicans are sayg that rather than pasing that they want to hold it hostage, giving an additional ax cut to people maing oer $250,000 a year. that i not negotiating. that is hostage-taking. gerri: how would you repondo that? >> wel i would respond by saying that it is just the opposite of that in my opinion. the hostage-taking right now is that this presidenthas drawn a line in the sand. he's onltalking out one side ts equation. we have crisis here in washington. are spendg currently a trillion dollars more than we are bringing in. this president under hs first four years increase the size of our federal government spending by 25 percent, and now he's king for more stimulus money. unfettered control. this really is a hostage situation, and thiis not wha the american people need. we have million americans looking f jos, searching for jobs. we don't need to add dditional taxes. gerri: coerswoman, look. the americapublic is goino bla
gerri: o what you torespondto what nancy pelosi had tosay about hostage-ting today. pretty dramatic comments. th is nncy pelosi. >> the republicans are sayg that rather than pasing that they want to hold it hostage, giving an additional ax cut to people maing oer $250,000 a year. that i not negotiating. that is hostage-taking. gerri: how would you repondo that? >> wel i would respond by saying that it is just the opposite of that in my opinion. the hostage-taking right now is that...
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>> nancy pelosi was a powerful speaker. what's happened? why is john boehner a feckless herder of cats, in your words? >> i think some want to say that boehner is weak or that the republican freshmen are too fringy. i think there's a culmination of a few factors. one, speakers used to have the earmarks. they could kind of brag you with. you're going to get a bridge in your district. that's pretty much off the table. i think that our culture, our society doesn't respect leaders the way that it used to, and institutions. and i think that's manifesting itself in politics. but i also -- >> you also -- >> that's an incredible point. >> it's broken up. >> the internet has played into that. >> and also clubs like the group for growth. it used to be the party apparatus was the only game in town essentially. if they said jump, you asked how high. now you could be a member of congress that says, hey, i don't care what the speaker says because i'm going to have an outside group help get me elected. and in fact, it might be smart politics to be against
>> nancy pelosi was a powerful speaker. what's happened? why is john boehner a feckless herder of cats, in your words? >> i think some want to say that boehner is weak or that the republican freshmen are too fringy. i think there's a culmination of a few factors. one, speakers used to have the earmarks. they could kind of brag you with. you're going to get a bridge in your district. that's pretty much off the table. i think that our culture, our society doesn't respect leaders the...
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nancy pelosi and the newly elected house leaders. california's maxine waters the top democrat in financial services. the first democratic women to serve as ranking members of either of those committees. many of the top jobs are not changing hands. last week the caucus re-elected pelosi, van hollen into their leadership role and after yesterday's vote waxman and slaughter will remain the ranking members of their key committees. gag ls coming here next. the gaggle makes it to new york. first, the white house soup of the day. ceos and the president munching on chicken noodle. i could use one more day of chicken noodle soup and my fiscal cough, i think, will be gone. [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. go ahead, mark your calendars.
nancy pelosi and the newly elected house leaders. california's maxine waters the top democrat in financial services. the first democratic women to serve as ranking members of either of those committees. many of the top jobs are not changing hands. last week the caucus re-elected pelosi, van hollen into their leadership role and after yesterday's vote waxman and slaughter will remain the ranking members of their key committees. gag ls coming here next. the gaggle makes it to new york. first, the...
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host: nancy pelosi had op-ed this morning. a nonstarter?non starte >> "how do we protect the vulnerable 66-year-old if we go this route? how can they avoid the premium? how can we protect them?" look at the savings you can achieve. could the day through a policy solution make sure that people get coverage they could afford? host: do you know how the people are using medicare? guest: about 50 million people. host: mary agnes carey, what is your connection to the kaiser foundation? guest: we are a program of the kaiser family foundation. my newsroom is like every other newsroom in washington. we come up with stories and pitched them to our editors. the stories run on our site and we have stories that run on our partner publications, "the new york times," "the washington post." we can reach a great audience through our website and through our partner publications. i've been covering health care -- i move to washington and bill clinton had just been elected. i was told to check that out. i learned a lot there uncovered appropriations and the fl
host: nancy pelosi had op-ed this morning. a nonstarter?non starte >> "how do we protect the vulnerable 66-year-old if we go this route? how can they avoid the premium? how can we protect them?" look at the savings you can achieve. could the day through a policy solution make sure that people get coverage they could afford? host: do you know how the people are using medicare? guest: about 50 million people. host: mary agnes carey, what is your connection to the kaiser...
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so that now we look at what's happening in washington, and, you know, one day it's nancy pelosi saying, "we're not going to compromise," the next day it's john boehner saying it. and then mitch mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate says, you know, what my goal is to make barack obama a one-term president. they're supposed to be leaders of the legislative branch of the government, not party hacks. and we have a system now, you know, that is all about looking toward the next election, how we do that. >> this is a strong indictment of the polarization of the two parties. >> yeah. >> but isn't the country also very polarized? >> the country is very polarized in some senses. but you also find the american people saying, "solve the problem. don't go over a fiscal cliff." or, you know, "pay our bills," or, "do something about the budget." now, i think even though the people tend to not be open to a lot of different views, they want the people they elect to make government work. >> so, we have created a political system that rewards intransigence. >> we've created a system that says,
so that now we look at what's happening in washington, and, you know, one day it's nancy pelosi saying, "we're not going to compromise," the next day it's john boehner saying it. and then mitch mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate says, you know, what my goal is to make barack obama a one-term president. they're supposed to be leaders of the legislative branch of the government, not party hacks. and we have a system now, you know, that is all about looking toward the next...
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even though nancy pelosi is not at the table, she says she's on the team. >> the president knows our views. he shares our values. >> reporter: what i'm hearing from administration sources is they want republicans to agree to some of that rate increase for the wealthy in taxes. and the debt ceiling. then, the white house will start talking about how we're going to cut entitlement programs. that's not the way the republicans want the negotiations to go. but basically, the white house is saying, listen, do this and we'll go forward. >> a tough game of political chicken right now. >> bill clinton called it kabuki theater. david kerley, thank you. >>> these days, as you may know, cars have a lot of features that the owners of the model-t back in the day could not imagine. seat warmers, dvd players, wi-fi. soon, there may be a controversial and mandatory new feature, the ability to spy on your every move. mark greenblatt is on the story. >> reporter: good morning to you. some call that sneaky. others say it will improve safety. now, the government wants to make it mandatory for your car to
even though nancy pelosi is not at the table, she says she's on the team. >> the president knows our views. he shares our values. >> reporter: what i'm hearing from administration sources is they want republicans to agree to some of that rate increase for the wealthy in taxes. and the debt ceiling. then, the white house will start talking about how we're going to cut entitlement programs. that's not the way the republicans want the negotiations to go. but basically, the white house...
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. >> shortly after, house minority leader nancy pelosi put the blame back on republicans. let's listen. >> the only obstacle standing in the way of middle income tax relief are the republicans' unwillingness to ask the top 2% to pay their fair share. this is a moment of truth. the clock is ticking. christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, but in many homes across america it's very -- a very, very lean time. >> and today's jobs report showing 146,000 jobs added in november and unemployment dipping to 7.7% may give the president some leverage in negotiations with boehner. but while the president and speaker boehner are both negotiating for a win, what is a win for each of them? what adds up to this complexity of getting a deal done? chrystia freeland is author of "plutocrats." cynthia tucker is a visiting professor of journalism from the university of georgia. thank you for joining us tonight. let's see if we can define it. it's a game, and it's incredibly high stakes. chrystia, thank you for coming on tonight. if you were the president of the united states and you wer
. >> shortly after, house minority leader nancy pelosi put the blame back on republicans. let's listen. >> the only obstacle standing in the way of middle income tax relief are the republicans' unwillingness to ask the top 2% to pay their fair share. this is a moment of truth. the clock is ticking. christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, but in many homes across america it's very -- a very, very lean time. >> and today's jobs report showing 146,000 jobs added in...
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pelosi was speaker. this was an unserious proposal. and i can understand why my good friend, the majority leader, would rather not vote on it, because i can't imagine that it would get many, if any, votes in the senate here as well. having made that point, with regard to pntr for russia, when the two parties first sat down to discuss the so-called fiscal cliff, it was widely assumed among republicans that president obama and democrats actually wanted to avoid it. that was the premise that any possible agreement had shown. that was the common goal, or so we thought. over the past couple of weeks it's become increasingly clear to many of us that we were simply wrong about that. incredibly, many top democrats, including the president, seemed perfectly happy -- perfectly happy -- to go off the cliff. that's why the president has been more interested in campaign rallies than actually negotiating a deal. and it explains why the president is now stubbornly insisting on raising tax rates when he himself said jus
pelosi was speaker. this was an unserious proposal. and i can understand why my good friend, the majority leader, would rather not vote on it, because i can't imagine that it would get many, if any, votes in the senate here as well. having made that point, with regard to pntr for russia, when the two parties first sat down to discuss the so-called fiscal cliff, it was widely assumed among republicans that president obama and democrats actually wanted to avoid it. that was the premise that any...
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pelosi spoke to reporters about the issue. she called the republican proposal "an assault on middle- class and seniors." >> good morning. here we are. thursday in december, the talk around here is what is going not at the negotiating table. is anything going on at the negotiating table? what is important, i think, is what is happening at kitchen tables across america. the relationship to decisions that are made here to what those discussions are. i think it is important to take a moment to see the context with which these negotiations are taking place. the middle class -- and we saw the republican plan, the proposal was an assault on a middle-class, seniors and on our future. when you look at kitchen tables across the country and how people are concerned about how they pay their bills, it is important to know that all of those decisions the mermaid to the economic security -- the decisions that are made have an impact on middle class families and on the prospects of the future for the young people and their families. when we l
pelosi spoke to reporters about the issue. she called the republican proposal "an assault on middle- class and seniors." >> good morning. here we are. thursday in december, the talk around here is what is going not at the negotiating table. is anything going on at the negotiating table? what is important, i think, is what is happening at kitchen tables across america. the relationship to decisions that are made here to what those discussions are. i think it is important to take...
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. >> stephanie: discharge petition, you heard nancy pelosi talking about this. to vote on the middle class tax cuts in the house. he joins us now. good morning representative. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> stephanie: was it yesterday you filed it? >> we filed it at noon yesterday. we've got over 150 folks signed on. >> stephanie: that's awesome. so just talk to us about what you think is going to happen and on what timeframe. >> well what it is -- what we're saying is yes, there's a lot of big issues to take care of. we all agree we're not going to let tax rates increase on those families making less than $250,000 which is, of course, everybody gets that break on their first $250,000 and 98% of people don't make that much. we said let's pass that. take that off the table. then come back to this other to end the drama. >> stephanie: what it does, it brings the senate past middle class tax cuts which president obama said he will sign immediately to the house. >> what we could do, if we get the 218 signatures, we'll need some help from what i would c
. >> stephanie: discharge petition, you heard nancy pelosi talking about this. to vote on the middle class tax cuts in the house. he joins us now. good morning representative. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> stephanie: was it yesterday you filed it? >> we filed it at noon yesterday. we've got over 150 folks signed on. >> stephanie: that's awesome. so just talk to us about what you think is going to happen and on what timeframe. >> well what it is...
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after that, speaker john boehner and nancy pelosi on the so- called fiscal cliff negotiations. >> why the institute? >> it is very important within the culture. we are a culture of words, voices. words are key to our imagination, our capacity to envision. we ourselves are not completely tied to print on the page of writing. i think that there is no other art form that is so readily accessible. it is something in literature that just captures the human spirit. >> this weekend, join "book tv" as we look behind the scenes at the history and literary life of new york's capital city, albany. saturday on c-span 2. and on "american history" on c- span 3. >> not the economic impact on the u.s. economy and american competitiveness and the proposal to allow more skilled workers to remain in the u.s. the conversation includes senator mark warner. this event is being hosted by the university of virginia oc miller center -- virginia's miller's center. [applause] >> thank you, distinguished guests. welcome to the national press club. it is our fifth annual meeting of the conference on the world eco
after that, speaker john boehner and nancy pelosi on the so- called fiscal cliff negotiations. >> why the institute? >> it is very important within the culture. we are a culture of words, voices. words are key to our imagination, our capacity to envision. we ourselves are not completely tied to print on the page of writing. i think that there is no other art form that is so readily accessible. it is something in literature that just captures the human spirit. >> this weekend,...
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. >> nancy pelosi also briefed reporters today on the latest fiscal cliff negotiations and the economy. lawmakers have three weeks before the bush-era tax cuts are set to expire for most americans. >> good morning. thank you for being here. here we are, 18 days from a possible fiscal cliff. hopefully not. 12 days until christmas. and here we are once again, having a key to the zero-day work week in the congress of the united states. you have to ask the question -- why are we going home instead of working very hard to forge an agreement to avoid that fiscal cliff? why are we not working very hard to pass legislation to address the needs post by katrina? people out there are waiting to see if we can manage what we're doing. if we take christmas and any back in time, because the most precious of all commodities, because they cannot predict results. if we take christmas an engineer back from there, because that is the day we will not see in session if we could engineer a path forward to say what can we do in that amount of time -- we have to come to some agreement in the next couple of day
. >> nancy pelosi also briefed reporters today on the latest fiscal cliff negotiations and the economy. lawmakers have three weeks before the bush-era tax cuts are set to expire for most americans. >> good morning. thank you for being here. here we are, 18 days from a possible fiscal cliff. hopefully not. 12 days until christmas. and here we are once again, having a key to the zero-day work week in the congress of the united states. you have to ask the question -- why are we going...
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. >> if you look at the accounts of the negotiations of 2011 when you had boehner, mcconnell, nancy pelosi all in one ba bainer and the president who were on the phone meeting privately. they could go fwook their constituents and boehner could go to eric cantor and see what kind of deal they could get. but that was the dynamic that came the closest. >> they didn't have control of their parties basically right? does john boehner have more control? >> they think obama can get anything through the house of representatives. but everything that has happened since the election all of the moves in the republican caucus have been about boehner consolidating control over that tea party caucus that didn't allow boehner to get a deal in 2011. >> there will be some criticism about it being two people at the table. will they get a deal done? >> i think there's some criticism from republicans about secret negotiations. i hate to break to to people in washington, but all negotiations over policy are secret in washington. that's how legislation gets done. you have to be in a room with negotiators to cut a
. >> if you look at the accounts of the negotiations of 2011 when you had boehner, mcconnell, nancy pelosi all in one ba bainer and the president who were on the phone meeting privately. they could go fwook their constituents and boehner could go to eric cantor and see what kind of deal they could get. but that was the dynamic that came the closest. >> they didn't have control of their parties basically right? does john boehner have more control? >> they think obama can get...
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nancy pelosi came in and out. no one saw her. we thought reading the tea leaves maybe there would be some movement. there was some movement. the president is playing golf. haven't seen hide nor hair of john boehner. >> mike viqueira, thank you, good sir. for more insight into where all of this is headed and whether there could be a breakthrough, i'd like to bring in david jackson, white house reporter for "usa today," and the politics writer for "roll call." appreciate your time. david, what's your sense right now? how far apart are the two sides? >> i think they're closer than a lot of people think because as mike just mentioned the dispute the size of the tax increase on the wealthy. both sides have said they want to negotiate what that rate may be. as far as the republicans are concerned, they want more commitment from the white house for spending cuts particularly on entitlement programs like social security and medicare. one thing mike talked about the fact we haven't heard much from any of these guys the last few days. i th
nancy pelosi came in and out. no one saw her. we thought reading the tea leaves maybe there would be some movement. there was some movement. the president is playing golf. haven't seen hide nor hair of john boehner. >> mike viqueira, thank you, good sir. for more insight into where all of this is headed and whether there could be a breakthrough, i'd like to bring in david jackson, white house reporter for "usa today," and the politics writer for "roll call." appreciate...
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how -- the house leader, nancy pelosi, has a discharge petition to put extending tax cuts for the middle class on the floor. you're the vote counter. do you have enough votes? guest: we don't have enough votes to get the discharge petition out. i think the republican will hold out. the discharge petition makes a point but is often not successful. the republican may do that because as that article said, there are' in a box. they are now appear to be defending tax cuts for the rich even at the expense of tax cuts for 98% of americans and it's not a good place to be. that backup position has a lot of danger in it. if we go back to the debt ceiling fight where we literally are willing to use that as an economic weapon of mass destruction to get our way, and that's what the speaker's talking about, using the debt ceiling to force his view on the president with respect to the budget, there are enormous collateral damage consequences to using that tool because we default and america's never defaulted. we came within a bhiss consider of doing that in august -- within a whisker of doing that in a
how -- the house leader, nancy pelosi, has a discharge petition to put extending tax cuts for the middle class on the floor. you're the vote counter. do you have enough votes? guest: we don't have enough votes to get the discharge petition out. i think the republican will hold out. the discharge petition makes a point but is often not successful. the republican may do that because as that article said, there are' in a box. they are now appear to be defending tax cuts for the rich even at the...
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pelosi's discharge position on the middle and come bush tax cut his office tells me. >> guest: absolutely not. you don't sign a discharge position. they wouldn't be enough signatures to do it anyway. i point out the made her with speaker pelosi i didn't see any democrats signing many with cards and discharge positions and certainly never enough to get a bill out for years. that's not the right way to do it, but the idea makes a lot of sense. it doesn't violate anybody's situation, so at some point the two sets of come together. i think would make the rest of negotiations easier. each side gets a lot of credit. >> host: if you believe that, someone may cure you and say something or putting polity and politics ahead of what she believed. just go this a negotiation between the different sides and you can't have people freelancing. our chief negotiators of speaker. i have enormous confidence in him. he's come to agreements before. i recognize that. my advice is offered in private, leaked in public. i think whoever did that throw the press about the last week. but it doesn't change responsibil
pelosi's discharge position on the middle and come bush tax cut his office tells me. >> guest: absolutely not. you don't sign a discharge position. they wouldn't be enough signatures to do it anyway. i point out the made her with speaker pelosi i didn't see any democrats signing many with cards and discharge positions and certainly never enough to get a bill out for years. that's not the right way to do it, but the idea makes a lot of sense. it doesn't violate anybody's situation, so at...
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the house leader nancy pelosi asked to get them to put extending tax cuts for the middle class on the floor. do you have enough votes? guest: we don't have enough votes to get the discharge petition. discharge petitions often are not successful. the republicans are in a box. now they appear to be defending tax cuts for the rich even at the expense of tax cuts for 98% of americans. it's not a good place to be. but the backup position as a lot of danger in it. if we go back to the debt ceiling fight where we are willing to use that as an economic weapon of mass destruction to get our way and that is what the speaker is talking about the, using the debt ceiling divorce is you want a president with respect to the budget, there are enormous collateral damage consequences to using that tool. we would default. america has never defaulted. we came within a whisper of doing that in august and it led to the current credit downgrade for us in history. the debt ceiling is something republicans and democrats have grandstanded about. last august we went into new territory where it was a hardball ta
the house leader nancy pelosi asked to get them to put extending tax cuts for the middle class on the floor. do you have enough votes? guest: we don't have enough votes to get the discharge petition. discharge petitions often are not successful. the republicans are in a box. now they appear to be defending tax cuts for the rich even at the expense of tax cuts for 98% of americans. it's not a good place to be. but the backup position as a lot of danger in it. if we go back to the debt ceiling...